Analysis of Love Litanies.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



I.
I, too, have come to feel and see
How little in the world can be
Ours, as we pine and pass —
How all we long for, know of, love,
As in a dream from us remove,
Till each becomes the shadow of
A light that was.
II.
We must all somehow be made
One with time, that fleeting shade;
Until we within the dust
Wither as sweet violets must
In their own scent, as they lie
Like a virgin memory
Trembling with its sweetest breath
In the mystery of death.


Scheme ABBCDEDFAGGHHABII
Poetic Form
Metre 1 11111101 11000111 1011101 11111111 10011101 1101011 0111 1 111111 1111101 0110101 10111001 0111111 1010100 10011101 0010011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 440
Words 94
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 340
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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